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do⋅jo

[doh-joh]
–noun, plural -jos.
a school or practice hall where karate, judo, or other martial arts are taught.

Origin:
1940–45; < Japn dōjō Buddhist seminary, drill hall < MChin transliteration of Skt bodhi-maṇḍa lit., seat of wisdom (equiv. to Chin dàochǎng)
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do·jo   (dō'jō)   
n.   pl. do·jos
A school for training in Japanese arts of self-defense, such as judo and karate.

[Japanese dōjō : , art; see aikido + , place (from Middle Chinese driang, trhiang).]
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dojo 
"hall in which judo is practiced," 1942, from Japanese.
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